Delegation of the Institute at the regional seminar on cooperation between collective organizations and regulatory bodies

Mostar,
March 29, 2017 – Delegation of the Institute for Intellectual Property of
Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in the Regional seminar on fostering
co-operation between collective organizations and regulatory and supervisory
bodies, held in Zagreb last week, co-organised by International Confederation
of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) and the Service for Protection of
Music Copyrights of the Croatian Composers' Association (HDS ZAMP).

Institute for Intellectual Property of
Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by Josip Merdžo, director and Tatjana
Vitomir, expert assistant for related rights. Seminar brought together representatives
of organizations for collective management of copyright and related rights and state
regulatory bodies from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia,
Slovenia and Serbia. CISAC Director General Gadi Oron, CISAC Regional Director
for Europe Mitko Chatalbashev and HDS ZAMP General Director Nenad Marčec, among
others, participated in the work of the seminar. Participants were greeted by the
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Croatia Nina Obuljen Koržinek.

Some of the topics discussed at the seminar
were CISAC global projects and priorities, collective organizations as contributors
to creative economy - online challenges, "One stop shops" and state
regulation in Central and Eastern Europe, relation between collective organizations
and supervisory bodies, all with the aim of advancement and promotion of the
creative economy and cultural diversity in each participating country and an
even better future cooperation.